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Show THE GOAL. j ' She knocked at tho Paradise ?ate, ," IH Sho tried tho golden pin, 1 ,rVho Is this that comcth so late, IH And thinks to bo let In'l" I ll "Ah, keep mo not horo without; j , iH Open quickly," she cried. 1 "For there are those that need me, need r jH Waiting just inside." Weary she was and worn, J . Her knees and her shoulders bent 1 With the leaden burden of years for- , All In vanity spent. 1 But she leapt like a yearling don ' ' iH Across the threshold of light j , Sho How to tho arms that drew her, drew her. A? a homing dovo takes flight. . One was clasping her wrist, ,) And one was grasping her gown; i . To 0110 that cried to be kissed s Tonderly stooped she down. .) As a bird outspreadcth Its wing?. b' , She gathered them closely In lH "Now Is tho time, oh. ohlldron. chlldror., ll When life shall at last begin." ' Pall Mall Gazette. |